Worth Buying Forged Gtr?

[harks]

There are pros and cons to both plans

Stockish cars if looked after can go forever; however, you may find you take it to the track for happy laps and the hicas fks out, brakes on their way out, suspension arms/geometry need replacing, bushes are flogged, etc and can have thousands just to get everything sorted. On the same note, find one with un damaged rails, no rust, good condition... It doesn't take THAT much $$ to get a 300kw GTR.

A modified/forged one may seem a better value option, but unless I could see full receipts for the whole build and knew the place is reputable with RBs, I'd be a bit cautious. Just cause it's forged doesn't mean it can't go bang! Then your at square one again. But, generally the value of parts far exceeds what you would be paying, so it's not bad value.

Honestly, I'm going to echoe others' comments here, if your fretting over 5-6k don't buy a gtr. They can get bloody expensive! If I was to sell my GTR and buy a new one, I'd be waiting around Untill a finished build turned up with the works, there's been some cars sold over the last 18 months that have gonr for about the cost of the engine alone

[Anfanee]

The R32 GTR is 25 years old. You think a motor that has not been touched will last?

The old saying applies again...

If you can't afford 2 don't buy 1.

[Tyranus]

Id get a stock one and then have it rebuilt by your own mech. That way youll know whats done to it. I got my car under the impression that it was fully forged it turned out to be stock.

[32GTRB]

i recently bought a rebuilt one, however upon further investigation it turns out the motor had been rebuilt ~9 years ago. No receipts were provided so I wasn't able to verify the build.

Main things I looked for were:

- interior, mine is one of the cleanest I have seen, no bubbling, cracks etc anywhere inside

- bolt ons and supporting mods, gives a good indication of budget for the build (probably naive view but the better the bolt ons/supporting mods, the more money put into the build)

- how it drives, although built a while ago, it still makes great power and drives well and solid on the road. A few things to sort out but hopefully the motor holds up for at least a couple more years.

- underbody, check for rust and damage. sills on both sides of mine were gone, but didn't think it was much of an issue (its an old car after all, and I wasn't looking for a concourse worthy example for what I paid)

The 32s at least 20yo cars now. Personally I would still look to buy something that has had the motor rebuilt.